Beirut port blast investigator Judge Tarek Bitar on Wednesday interrogated and charged the Lebanese Army’s former chief of staff Walid Salman and retired army brigadier generals George Moussa, Munir Abou Zeid and Manuel Kirjian, Al-Arabiya’s Al-Hadath channel reported.

The Lebanese Forces is still studying whether or not to take part in Thursday’s cabinet session, LF sources said.

The sources told Al-Jadeed television that Minister of Energy and Water Joe Saddi prefers to complete negotiations with the Qatari side and finalize the electricity plan before making a decision to attend government sessions.

Hezbollah denied Wednesday allegations by Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council regarding the presence of Hezbollah experts in the country.

The group dismissed claims of its involvement in training, arming, and military operations for Ansar Allah as "completely baseless."

Amid fears of renewed U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, Israeli strikes have not stopped in south Lebanon.

Overnight into Wednesday, artillery shelling hit Baraashit, al-Mansouri, Wadi Zebqine, al-Qantara, and the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Harees, and Hadatha.

The Ministry of Social Affairs, in partnership with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), has launched the National Strategy on the Rights and Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Lebanon 2026–2030, marking a national step towards advancing rights and strengthening inclusion and equal participation.

The launch took place during an official ceremony held Tuesday at the Grand Serail in Beirut, under the patronage and in the presence of Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.

Prime minister Nawaf Salam warned on Wednesday against plunging the country into a new war if the Middle East conflict resumes, in an apparent message to Hezbollah.

"Faced with the risks of renewed war in the region, I renew my warning of the dangers of dragging Lebanon into a new senseless adventure in service of outside interests," Salam said.

Hezbollah held a “security meeting” in the southern suburbs of Beirut on the night of October 21, hours prior to a cabinet session that was held the next day, mapping out a scenario for action should the government approve referring the Dahr al-Baidar explosives case to the Judicial Council, the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Quoting unnamed sources, the daily said Hezbollah had concluded that the state had decided to proceed with a judicial path that could begin by summoning several of the party's MPs and security officials for interrogation. Hezbollah speculated that “these measures would later expand to include the party's Secretary-General, Sheikh Naim Qassem, potentially leading to his arrest. Viewing this as its military and political demise, Hezbollah decided to flip the table, topple the government and impose a military fait accompli on the ground,” the report claimed.

The ministers of the Lebanese Forces will keep boycotting cabinet sessions until the case of the Hezbollah explosives shipment gets referred to the Judicial Council, the country’s top state security court, the pro-LF Nidaa al-Watan newspaper reported on Tuesday.

Israeli artillery shelled the outskirts of Mayfadoun, Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, and Baraashit on Tuesday, following an earlier strike on the outskirts of Kfartebnit.

Overnight into Tuesday, Israeli forces set homes ablaze in Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh, Kfartebnit, and Arnoun, and carried out detonations in al-Qantara and Bani Hayan, while artillery hit Wadi Zebqine, al-Mansouri, and Hadatha.

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has held phone talks with Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, during which they reviewed cooperative relations between the two countries and ways to support and enhance them, as well as the latest regional developments.

The two premiers particularly discussed the “ongoing diplomatic efforts and joint coordination to de-escalate tensions and strengthen security and stability in the region,” Qatar’s foreign ministry said.